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Aquastride equine water treadmill is based at Team Opposition Stud on the edge of the New Forest with easy access from the main road.

Each horse is treated on a case by case basis to ensure maximum benefit is achieved.

21/12/2024

This lovely chap has come out racing with the aim of retraining for eventing. He's one of the lucky few to not have sustained significant injuries from his duration of race training but he does have musculoskeletal imbalances.
The top picture was taken when he started using the treadmill at the end of October. He was on twice weekly initially, dropping down to once a week after 5 weeks. He had regular physio and chiro to address his asymmetry and compensations, in order to help him develop and work more correctly.
The bottom picture shows him 8 weeks on in his journey and we are so pleased with his progress so far 🥰🐴

FMBs Therapy Systems
Team Opposition
Nicole Pearson
Alice James Veterinary Physiotherapy
Welbac Clinic

07/11/2024

💧🐴Water Treadmill Livery🐴💧

We have some availability in December/early January for livery to utilise the use of the water treadmill.

Are you struggling to fit in exercise or rehab work with the shorter days? Are you limited on you facilities to put the work in? Are you going away? Then, this might be a good option for you and your horse.

Previous clients have used us for:
🐴 Rehabilitation
🐴 as part of Training/fitness
🐴 holiday livery to maintain workload
🐴 introducing work again
🐴 helping young horses gradually build some musculoskeletal strength
🐴 generalised improvement in balance, straightness and strength

We are based at Landford Commen Stud on the edge of the beautiful New Forest, home to 5* event rider, Kirsty Chabert.
All staff are experienced in handling and caring for a wide range of horses.
Our treadmill is run by a veterinary physiotherapist.

Our facilities on site include:
👉 Horse walker
👉 Lunge pen
👉 20x60m outdoor arena
👉 small pen turnout
👉 Theraplate

All packages are individually tailored to you and your horses needs.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in contact.
📱 07776956688
📧 [email protected]

Team Opposition
FMBs Therapy Systems

30/05/2024

Such an interesting view of the horses back you don't always get to appreciate (unless you work on a treadmill 🤣).
In walk, all planes of motion are utilised in the spine and you can see the clear difference between the gaits in this video.

22/04/2024

A bit of a change of scenery this week!!

We are closed until Tuesday 30th as we are out in 🇺🇸 supporting Betty and Kirsty in the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event 🍀🐎

Any phone messages will be replied to on Monday 29th. Or if you need to get in contact before then, please send a FB message or email to [email protected] and we'll reply as quickly as possible!

30/03/2024

Unfortunately, Daisy didn't share! 🍫🥚 🤣

Happy Easter 🐣 🌼

18/03/2024

🥰We can't wait to see how Zara and Cassidy get on when they are finally able to get back on the race track!

29/02/2024

This lovely little lady is 6 weeks into her treadmill sessions and has taken to it like a pro 🤩🐴💧
Especially enjoying her indoor work out today!☔️

11/02/2024

We had a lovely afternoon yesterday welcoming members of the Mid South EGB for a talk and demo. Some great discussion, questions and cake! 💧🐴☕️🍰

20/01/2024

This lovely chap is into his 8th week of treadmilling as part of his rehabilitation plan.
In his recent vet assessment, his vet was very pleased with his improved straightness of movement and increase in topline muscle mass. He has now been signed off to take the next step in his ridden work 🎉🤩

09/01/2024

💧Part 3 of our Working with Water series.💧

Our previous post touched on movement and this is influenced by water height and speed.
Both water height and speed are manually controlled by the operator and tailored to each horse (making it quite important who operates the treadmill).

🏊‍♀️Water height:

🐴Greco-Otto et al. (2017) concluded that water height had greater effect on exercise intensity compared to speed.

🐴Comparatively to walking on a dry treadmill, the introduction of water has seen an increase in distal limb joint ROM (Mendez-Angulo et al., 2013), increased pelvic axial rotation (Mooij et al., 2013) and increased total range of back flexion-extension and lumbar flexion (Nankervis et al., 2016). The common trend is as water depth increases, stride length increases and stride frequency decreases.

🐴A survey by Tranquille et al., (2018) noted higher water heights are commonly seen within training and conditioning and lower heights within rehabilitation. However, individual horses ability to flex proximal joints or the lumbopelvic region, which may be due to pathology, conformation or soft tissue restriction, will affect how they respond to different water heights.

Therefore, protocols need to be designed based on the individual horse.

🏃‍♀️🏃Speed:

🐴Current research and practice have many variations on the preferred/optimum speed used whilst walking on the treadmill at varying depths of water.

🐴For a horse to walk at a comfortable pace on the UWTM, the addition of water can see speeds up to 50% slower than walking on land/dry (King, 2016).

If you have any questions or would like to know more, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

02/01/2024

Happy New Year Everyone! 🥳

If there have been a few too many carrots 🥕 over the festive period, then why not kickstart 2024 with our January offer.

The block of 3 sessions will have 10% off for January.

For more information or to book, please get in contact with us.

T&Cs
-Sessions to be used by 29th Feb 2024.
-Usual cancellation and refund policy applies.

Address

Landford Common Stud
Salisbury
SP52AZ

Opening Hours

Tuesday	8am - 7pm
Thursday	8am - 7pm
Saturday	9am - 4pm

Telephone

+447776956688

Website

http://www.teamopposition.com/

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One of our golden oldies.... the gorgeous Grace enjoying a splash 💧🐴 at 21 years young. Many people assume the water treadmill is only for competition horses or rehabilitation cases, but it can be a great addition to any horses programme. For older horses it can help keep a bit of mobility and suppleness. For youngsters, it can encourage a bit of overall strength (without the weight of the rider) and give a bit more proprioception/ body awareness. But for any horse,it can be a great way of adding some variety to their exercise. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in contact. #watertreadmillforhorses #aquastride #hydrotherapyforhorses #veteranhorse #waterworkout

This lovely little lady is 6 weeks into her treadmill sessions and has taken to it like a pro 🤩🐴💧 Especially enjoying her indoor work out today!☔️ #aquastride #waterworkout #hydrotherapyforhorses #strengthworkout #corestrength

This lovely chap is into his 8th week of treadmilling as part of his rehabilitation plan. In his recent vet assessment, his vet was very pleased with his improved straightness of movement and increase in topline muscle mass. He has now been signed off to take the next step in his ridden work 🎉🤩